Nassarius siquijorensis

Nassarius siquijorensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. siquijorensis
Binomial name
	Nassarius siquijorensis; (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
	Buccinum canaliculatum Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum canaliculatum Gmelin, 1791); Buccinum turris Wood, 1825; Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852; Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis marinuensis Koperberg, 1931; Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis timorensis Koperberg, 1931; Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822); Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata teschi Koperberg, 1931; Nassa cingenda Marrat, 1880; Nassa crenellifera A. Adams, 1852; Nassa siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852; Nassa steindachneri Sturany, 1900; Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952; Nassarius (Zeuxis) hirasei Kuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1952; Zeuxis hirasei (Kuroda & Habe, 1952);

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Nassarius siquijorensis, common name the burned nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off Japan.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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